Monday, December 8, 2008

Home made cheese

fresh milk 1liter
vinegar or lemon juice 3tablespoon
salt

coffee strainer.(the old fashion ones.like the socks strainer)

This is a quick and easy cheese to make and can be used as a cheese spread. Warm the milk. Stir often to avoid scorching the milk. Add the juice of two lemons to the milk.stir the milk on low heat for 5minues. milk will separate into a stringy white curd.let it rest without heat for 5minutes.add in salt and stir.

Strain the mixture.the clear liquid will be strain off.press it dry.put in the chiller to drain.

can be eat the next day.use as a cheese spread or serve it with bread and dry tomato.

use as a filling of cheese ravioli...coming soon

Herbs for Sale

Rm15. Italian sweet basil
contact 0123846066 kj
(improved to grow in Malaysia's hot weather) climatize
use: pesto sauce,sprinkle on tomato sauce,pastas,egg omelet.stir fried eggplant.

how to take care
Water it twice or once a day,good amount of sunshine.plug the green leaf for cooking.

Recipes:
Check out this super fantastics pasta dish...you never know it can taste so good from your blender.is pretty simple with this few ingredient,i usually ignore the pine nuts.

PESTO is a italian sauce,serve with pasta,bread.....
ingredient.
basil leaf.1 handful
5tablespoon extra virgin or normal olive oil

grated Parmesan cheese 2tablespoon
salt n peper
toasted pine nuts 2tbs(dont have to put if u dont have)


Method.
I love to use my stone grinder for this,because i dont need much..you can use blender if u making it for more than 10person...cut the basil leaf into smaller pieces.put into the stone grinder.grind or mash the basil to paste,dont have to be smooth paste,roughly grind r fine,just to get the juice n flavour out.grind with the pine nuts together if using

1)grind the basil,scoop out the basil paste,add in olive oil,cheese, salt n pepper.

Toss the pesto to the cooked
spaghetti ..serve with cheese.

handmade-basil-pesto.jpg



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Home made cheese

fresh milk 1liter

vinegar or lemon juice 3tablespoon

salt